News

Christine Romans, a 1993 ISU journalism graduate and host of
CNN's weekend business program "Your $$$$$," will receive the James W.
Schwartz Award for Distinguished Service to Journalism and Communication
from ISU's Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication during homecoming
activities on Saturday, Oct. 17.

Students create furniture, lamps and ceramics for solar decathlon house

When Iowa State University's solar decathlon house is
displayed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in October, it will
be decked out with furniture, lamps, birdfeeders and ceramics created by
students in three College of Design classes.

ISU promotes sustainability via an all-university compost
facility

Iowa State has opened an all-university composting facility
that can handle more than 10,000 tons of organic wastes annually. The
facility is designed to handle solid organic waste including yard waste,
manure and bedding from ISU farms, organic greenhouse waste, biomass
research waste and -- beginning this fall -- food waste from campus dining
facilities.

Iowa State University researcher is ready to produce vaccine for
H1N1 flu virus in swine

College of Human Sciences researchers address needs of underserved
populations

Iowa State College of Human Sciences faculty have recently
completed research that assesses needs of three underserved populations --
Latino families in Iowa, the state's food pantry clients, and student
military veterans.

Interior design students take top honors at national competition

Designs by three senior interior design students triumphed in the fifth annual Hospitality Design Awards competition sponsored by Hospitality Design magazine. The competition recognizes outstanding design projects in 13 categories related to the hospitality industry. Michael Goodsmith won first place in the student category with his conceptual designs for a sustainable nightclub. A concept for an upscale hotel and spa by Anna Anderson and Jennifer Irey was a finalist. They developed their projects in the interior design senior studio taught by assistant professor Jihyun Song.

ISU student has probable case of H1N1 virus

An ISU freshman from Marshalltown is being tested for Story County's
first probable case of novel influenza A, or the H1N1 virus.
Results back May 5 from the state hygienic laboratory confirmed that the virus is non-specified type A. The probable H1N1 case has been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for further testing.

A new gift from Tom and Evonne Smith has the opportunity to transform the department of geological and atmospheric sciences in ISU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS). The Houston couple has established the Smith Family Foundation Departmental Chair in Geology to further enhance the mission of the department through a $2 million endowment.

NFL's Hobbs: Still 'proud to be a Cyclone' -- soon, with the
degree to prove it

NFL star and Cyclone great Ellis Hobbs will be back in Ames May
9 to receive his B.A. in art and design. His family will all be there,
waiting to hear "Ellis Hue Hobbs III" and watching their college
graduate collect his diploma.

Iowa State Formula SAE racer takes shape, expected to be a fast
competitor

Iowa State University's Formula SAE Team is starting to test
the mini open-wheel race car it designed and built. The goal is a fast and
reliable car for the Formula SAE Series competition May 13-16 at Michigan
International Speedway. Team members think this year's car could be good
enough to return the team to the competition's top 10.

Spring commencement is May 8-9

In the news

Same-sex ruling belies the staid image of Iowa

The New York Times

"People may think of us some other way," said Paul Lasley, a
sociologist at Iowa State University, "but in the main, it is tolerance -- not
always support, but tolerance -- that has really been the weave and warp of
Iowa culture."

Study finds some youths 'addicted' to video games

Washington Post

In what is described as the first nationally representative
study in the United States on the subject, researcher Douglas Gentile of
Iowa State University found that 8.5 percent of American youths ages 8 to 18
who play video games show multiple signs of behavioral
addiction.